The signs were there that the cracks were beginning to show between them and new boy Adam Maxted looks to have driven a wedge between Newcastle's Sophie Gradon and her TV beau Tom Powell on Love Island.

On Wednesday night viewers of the ITV show saw Geordie marketing manager Sophie tell Welsh fitness instructor Tom that she couldn’t ever really see a future for them as boyfriend and girlfriend, a day after they consummated their fledgling romance in a wardrobe!

And signs that former Miss Newcastle and Miss Great Britain Sophie’s head might be turned by Adam bubbled to the surface in the latest episode with the Irish lad asking her out for a drink, and her saying she felt “obliged” to go.

A rather confident Tom said he had no qualms in letting Sophie spend time with Adam, saying: “I don’t want to be moody and kick off, and kick up a fuss over nothing when I know I trust her and I don’t think anything is going to happen.

Sophie Gradon

“I don’t think she’s going to give out any vibes that she wants to be with him. So let him try. See if he can handle it.”

Unfortunately, after Sophie took Adam up on his offer a drink, Tom’s cockiness proved to be a bit mis-placed and presumptuous as he failed to hide his annoyance at the date, telling his love rival: “I think you’re a little snake.

“You had all day. You waited until I was in the Beach Hut and nowhere to be seen, and then you went to Sophie and said to her ‘I’d possibly like to take you out on a date.’

“When you told Sophie that this morning, why didn’t you come up to me and say the same thing?”